News & Reports

By Human Rights Watch –  Egyptian authorities have since late April 2020 carried out an abusive campaign targeting female social media influencers on charges that violate their rights [...]

By Reuters – Reporting by Tuvan Gumrukcu; Editing by Dominic Evans/Mark Heinrich Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan reconverted the historic Chora church, one of Istanbul’s most celebrated [...]

By Mada Masr – The National Translation Center (NTC) announced controversial new guidelines on Saturday for requests to translate books, including conditions that “the book does [...]

By Egyptian Streets – When people think of Upper Egypt, what often comes to mind is rural life, poverty, background cultural traditions, and more negative misconceptions that does not [...]

By Mada Masr – A prominent member of a party participating in the Senate elections — scheduled for August 8 and 9 for expatriate voters, and August 11 and 12 domestically — jokes that the [...]

By About Her – A peerage is next for Egypt’s pride and joy… After a nod from Queen Elizabeth to grant her membership on the council, Dr. Nemat Shafik has become a permanent member of [...]

By Alberto M. Fernandez – MEMRI – Turkey’s economy, like that of many countries, is in trouble. The decline has been clear even before the coronavirus appeared, but the pandemic [...]

By Mada Masr – More than 200 of the world’s most prominent artists, along with nearly two dozen leading human rights groups and film organizations, are calling for the immediate release of [...]

By MEMRI – Source: Al-Jazeera Network (Qatar) On July 21, 2020, Al-Jazeera Network (Qatar) aired a debate about Turkey’s recent decision to turn Hagia Sophia into a mosque. [...]

By Morning Star News – Muslim Fulani herdsmen on Friday (July 24) killed a church pastor, a 5-year-old boy and eight other Christians in attacks in north-central Nigeria, sources said. The [...]